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Compression/ Ventilation ratio for one rescuer? Two? - Answers -1 rescuer = 30:2
2 rescuers = 30:2
Pediatric 2 rescuer is 15:2 but otherwise stays the same
What is the proper compression rate in CPR? - Answers -100-120 per minute
Compression rate for: Adults
Children?
Infants: - Answers -Adults: 2 inches
Children: 1/3 depth of chest or 2 in
Infants: 1.5 inches
What are 2 rhythms are considered "shockable" rhythms? - Answers -Ventricular
Fibrilation
Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia
Use the following terms to describe the flow of blood throughout the body:
Atrium, Ventricle, arteries, veins, aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, capillaries,
vena cava, arterioles. - Answers -1. Deoxygenated blood travels through the superior
and inferior vena cava to the right atrium
2. The blood is pumped by the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery to the lungs. This
is where the blood is oxygenated before being sent back through pulmonary veins to the
left atrium.
3. Blood flows into the left ventricle, which is responsible for pumping blood into the
aorta and out through arteries to the body.
4. Arteries branch off into arterioles, then to capillaries, which is where nutrient
exchange occurs with cells.
, 5. Last, blood flows back into the veins, into the superior and inferior vena cava before
returning to the heart.
Right-sided heart failure causes blood to backup into body, causing pitting edema
throughout the body. What's the cause and name of this condition? - Answers -Cor
Pulmonale. The usual cause is pulmonary disease, such as pulmonary hypertension or
pulmonary stenosis (obstruction in the P.A)
Preload - Answers -Preload, also known as the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
(LVEDP), is the amount of ventricular stretch at the end of diastole. Think of it as the
heart loading up for the next big squeeze of the ventricles during systole. Some people
remember this by using an analogy of a balloon - blow air into the balloon and it
stretches; the more air you blow in, the greater the stretch
Afterload - Answers -Afterload, also known as the systemic vascular resistance (SVR),
is the amount of resistance the heart must overcome to open the aortic valve and push
the blood volume out into the systemic circulation. If you think about the balloon
analogy, afterload is represented by the knot at the end of the balloon. To get the air
out, the balloon must work against that knot.
List two organs in the right upper quadrant - Answers -
List two organs in the right lower quadrant - Answers -
List two organs in the left upper quadrant - Answers -
List two organs in the left lower quadrant - Answers -
On a normal EKG strip, what does the QRS complex represent and what is it's normal
duration? - Answers -Ventricular depolarization; less than .12 seconds
QRS complex is a narrow complex usually less than or equal to 3 small boxes in length,
or .12 seconds. It indicates ventricular depolarization. Conduction starts at the AV
junction, through to bundle of His, left and right bundles, and the purkinje system.
Rate for an Accelerated Junctional Rhythm is how many bpm? - Answers -60-100bpm.
inherent rates for junctional rhythm is 40-60, accelerated junctional is typically faster
and is identified by wave form
What occurs in a third degree heart block? - Answers -a.k.a complete heart block
The atria and ventricles are completely dissociated.
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